Lexicon rib: strife, dispute Original Word: רִיבPart of Speech: Noun Masculine Transliteration: rib Phonetic Spelling: (reeb) Short Definition: strife NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom ribDefinitionstrife, dispute NASB Translationadversary (1), case (11), cause (9), complaint (2), contend (1), contention (1), contentions (3), controversy (1), dispute (11), disputes (1), indictment (1), lawsuit (1), plea (1), plead his case (1), quarrel (2), strife (13), suit (2).
Brown-Driver-Briggs רִיב62 noun masculineIsaiah 1:23 strife, dispute; — absolute ׳ר Genesis 13:7 +, רִב Exodus 23:2 +; construct רִיב Exodus 17:7 +; suffix רִיבִי 1 Samuel 24:16 +, בְּרִבָם Job 31:13 (or infinitive?), etc.; plural רִיבֹת Deuteronomy 17:8; construct רִיבֵי 2 Samuel 22:44 2t., רִבוֺת Job 13:6; — strife, quarrel: 1 in words, Exodus 17:7 (J), Deuteronomy 1:12, about pasturage Genesis 13:7 (J; = מְרִיבָה Genesis 13:8), in General Proverbs 15:18; Proverbs 17:14; Proverbs 20:3; Proverbs 26:17,21; Proverbs 30:33, + מָדוֺן Habakkuk 1:3, so ׳זִבְחֵירֿ Proverbs 17:1; figurative עֲצָמָיו ׳ר Job 33:19 Kt (Qr רוב, i.e. רֹב q. v. ); לְשֹׁנוֺת ׳ר Psalm 31:21, compare Isaiah 58:4; Proverbs 18:6; ׳אִישׁ ר Jeremiah 15:10 (+ מָדוֺן ׳א). 2. of public hostilities 2 Samuel 22:44 = Psalm 18:44, compare אִישׁ רִיב Judges 12:2, אַנְשֵׁי רִיבֶ֑ךָ Isaiah 41:11; "" חָמָס Psalm 55:10. 339 especially dispute, controversy, case at law: Exodus 23:2,3,6 (E), Deuteronomy 21:5 (+נֶגַע), Deuteronomy 25:1; 2 Samuel 15:2,4 ("" מִשְׁפָט), + 10 t., + (of ׳י) Hosea 4:1; Hosea 12:3; Micah 6:2 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 25:31; Ezekiel 44:24; Lamentations 3:36; as accusative of congnate meaning with verb, case, cause Micah 7:9; Jeremiah 50:34 8t. (see √ 3), + רִיב חֶרְמָּתִי 1 Samuel 25:39, רִיבֵי נַפְשִׁי Lamentations 3:58; דִּבְרֵי רִיבֹת Deuteronomy 17:8 matters of controversy; ׳ר Deuteronomy 19:17 dispute as to guilt; אִישׁ דִיבִי Job 31:35 = accuser. 4 plea: Proverbs 18:17, רִבוֺת שְׂפָתַי Job 13:6 pleadings of my lips.
Strong's adversary, cause, chiding, contention, controversy, multitude, pleading, strife, Or rib {reeb}; from riyb; a contest (personal or legal) -- + adversary, cause, chiding, contend(-tion), controversy, multitude (from the margin), pleading, strife, strive(-ing), suit. see HEBREW riyb |
